THE ELEGANCE OF TIME
To conclude in beauty a year that was often complicated, the Biel-based watchmaker is unveiling three new products of great elegance, both in terms of the choice of case materials and the colors used on the dials.
Life is made of choices, they say. A choice that Omega is not making easy by unveiling a few weeks before the end of the year a trio of timepieces of great elegance. Indeed, the Biel-based watchmaker continues its creative momentum, already quite prolific with the release of the highly acclaimed Speedmaster Chronoscope, by offering not one but three new references of Constellation Globemaster Annual Calendar. And to further complicate this choice, which is proving to be a difficult one, he offers cases machined in beautiful materials and intense dial colors.
Born in 2015, the Constellation Globemaster Annual Calendar model embodies the first Master Chronometer certified collection, a guarantee of reliability and precision. It takes up two features typical of watches from the 1950s: the fluted bezel that caps the 41mm-diameter case and the 12-sided “Pie Pan” dial. This pleated face, available in green, burgundy or SednaTM gold, displays the month in handwritten typeface pointed by a central hand.
These new watches are powered by the Omega 8922 Master Chronometer caliber, an automatic movement with a 55-hour power reserve. It drives the hours, minutes and seconds in the center, the date at 6 o’clock and of course the month.
The cases are forged in steel with a tungsten carbide or SednaTM gold bezel, or made entirely of this precious alloy with its unique brilliance, and are worn on an alligator leather strap matching the dial or in shiny black to echo the onyx-set hour markers and hands.
Price: 8,500 CHF (steel) – 11,200 CHF (steel and Sedna TM gold) – 30,900 CHF (full SednaTM gold)
By Sharmila Bertin